The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the

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record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures, not of particularly unique individuals of a commonly known species.

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* List of legendary creatures (A) *

List of legendary creatures (B) * Ba (Egyptian) – Soul of the deceased, depicted as a bird or a human-headed bird * Baba Yaga ( Slavic) – Forest spirit and hag * Baccoo ( Guyanese/ Surinamese) – Malevolent little people * Badalisc ( Italian) – Goat-like creature fro ...

* List of legendary creatures (C) * List of legendary creatures (D) *

List of legendary creatures (E) * Easter Bunny (Christianity) – Anthropomorphic lagomorph. * Easter Bilby ( Australian) – Anthropomorphic bilby. * Each Uisge (Scottish) – Malevolent water horse * Eagle Spirit (Many cultures worldwide) – Leadership or guidance totem * ...

List of legendary creatures (F) * Fachen ( Irish and Scottish) – Monster with half a body * Fafnir (Germanic mythology) – Dwarf who was cursed and turned into a dragon. He was later slain by Sigurd in the Saga of Nibelung. * Fairy (many cultures worldwide, esp. Germanic my ...

List of legendary creatures (G) * Gaasyendietha (Seneca) – Dragon * Gagana ( Russian) – Iron-beaked bird with copper talons * Gaki ( Japanese) – Ghosts of especially greedy people * Gallu (Mesopotamian) – Underworld demons * Galtzagorriak ( Basque) – Small demonic se ...

* List of legendary creatures (H) * List of legendary creatures (I) * List of legendary creatures (J) * List of legendary creatures (K) * List of legendary creatures (L) *

List of legendary creatures (M) * Maa-alused ( Estonian mythology) – Subterranean spirit * Machlyes ( Medieval bestiaries) – Hermaphroditic humanoid * Macrocephali ( Medieval bestiaries) – Giant-headed humanoid * Madam Koi Koi ( West African Mythology ) – Female ghost ...

List of legendary creatures (N) * Nachzehrer (German) – Anthropophagous undead * Nāga (Buddhist and Hindu) – Nature and water spirits, serpentine or human-serpent hybrids * Naga fireballs (Thai) – Spectral fire * Nagual (Mesoamerica) – Human-animal shapeshifter * Naia ...

List of legendary creatures (O) * Obake ( Japanese) – Shapeshifting spirits * Obariyon ( Japanese) – Spook which rides piggyback on a human victim and becomes unbearably heavy * Obayifo ( Ashanti) – Vampiric possession spirit * Obia (West Africa) – Gigantic animal th ...

* List of legendary creatures (P) *

List of legendary creatures (Q) * Qalupalik ( Inuit mythology) – Aquatic human abductor * Qilin (Chinese) – Dragon-ox-deer hybrid * Qiqirn (Inuit) – Large, bald dog spirit * Qliphoth (Jewish) – Evil spirits * Questing Beast ( Arthurian legend) – Serpent-leopard-li ...

* List of legendary creatures (R) * List of legendary creatures (S) * List of legendary creatures (T) * List of legendary creatures (U) * List of legendary creatures (V) * List of legendary creatures (W) * List of legendary creatures (X) * List of legendary creatures (Y) * List of legendary creatures (Z)

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